Barber&#39;s sectional sterilizer.



Patented. July 5, 1904:,

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Cl-IESLEY B. HYPES, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AN'llISE'PTlTlO BARBER COMPANY, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, A CORPORATION OF KANSAS.

BARBEHS SECTIONAL ST ERILIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,242, dated July 5, 1904;.

Application filed October 9, 1903. Serial No. 176,338. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, OnnsLnY B. Hrres, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Barbers Sectional Sterilizers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to apparatus for disinfecting the tools, towels, &c., by means of formaldehyde or other suitable gaseous disinfectant.

The object is to provide such an apparatus which is economical in construction, simple in operation, and so arranged that it may readily be added to or deducted from in order to accommodate it to any number of chairs in the barbershop-in other words, to provide a system of units consisting of one generator in all cases, to which may be connected as many individual disinfooting-chambers as may be desired.

The invention consists of the novel combination, arrangement, and disposition of the parts as described in this specification and as illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the several parts or units of the apparatus, the chamber A being closed and the chamber B being opened. Fig. 2 shows a top view of the chambers and pipe connections. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the generator-casing, showing the inner glass casing or stand; and Fig. 4c is a horizontal cross-section through the line 4 4, Figs. 1 and 3.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

A B represent'a couple of individual chambers-that is to say, it iscontemplated that each barber in the shop shall be provided with a separate disinfecting-chamber, such as A or B, or, of course, they may be so arranged that one chamber may be provided for two barbers, or they may be arranged in any other suitable manner. Each chamber is provided with a front door O, having an inwardly-projecting flange D, soas to be capable of closing practically airtightat least tight enough to prevent the escape of any considerable amount of 5 gas. The door to the chamber A is closed, while that to the chamber B is opened, as illustrated in the drawings; Each door may be provided with a suitable knob c. The inside of the chamber may be divided by the wire shelf E, set on brackets c a. The tools may be placed on the shelf and the towels, clothes, &c., in the lower portion. A generator H is provided, which consists of the base I, to which is secured the outer metal frame J, which may be tin or copper and which may be provided with ventilating-holes jy'. Within the outer casing J and its lid or cap K is the glass casing L, within which is located an electric light of the ordinary incandescent type, and the glass 0 may be placed in the upper end of the casing Z and on top of the light-globe. The generator and the chambers are connected by the main supplypipe G, the rubber or other flexible tubing g, and the smaller pipes ff and tnbingF F. If it should be desired to connect up with more chambers, then the main supply-pipe may be extended, as by fitting the extension Gr over the tapered end G of the main supply-pipe G. In practice each barber may be provided with a chamber on the shelf close at hand, so as to be readily accessible without leaving his chair, and the piping may be laid along the wall connecting the chambers with the generator H, which may be located in any convenient place. Any ordinary glass 0 may be used to contain the liquid disinfectant. When formaldehyde is to be used, then it is preferred to use an electric light of the type shown, as the mild heat therefrom produces about the rapidity of the generation of the gas ordinarily desired; but if electricity is not available then any other heating device may be used, or in some cases with other disinfectants it may be desirable to have a greater heat, in which cases an alcohol or other-lamp may be used. The heat from the lamp not only causes the vaporization of the liquid, but also heats the surrounding air and lightens it, thus causing it to flow upward and through the supply pipes G into the chambers A B, the circulation being permitted by reason of the ventilators j j. In case no more chambers are added the end G should be properly sealed.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of the series of individual disinfecting-chambers; the separate generator comprising the base, the outer metallic casing J secured thereto, the cap K for the casing, the inner glass casing L and the heater Within the glass casing, and the receptacle for the liquid disinfectant; and the piping con- 

